diff --git a/libs/libc/unistd/lib_getrlimit.c b/libs/libc/unistd/lib_getrlimit.c
index b77eed971e..c7ee60a235 100644
--- a/libs/libc/unistd/lib_getrlimit.c
+++ b/libs/libc/unistd/lib_getrlimit.c
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ int getrlimit(int resource, FAR struct rlimit *rlp)
     {
       case RLIMIT_NOFILE:
         {
-          rlp->rlim_cur = 128;
-          rlp->rlim_max = INT_MAX; /* dummy */
+          rlp->rlim_cur = OPEN_MAX;
+          rlp->rlim_max = OPEN_MAX;
         }
         break;